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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1992Vol. 62, No. 8

Pacific

pp. 1-3 · Read in the full issue

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Inside;

• VAT and its implications • PNG’s new government • The 23rd South Pacific Forum • Special Report: The cultural renaissance

August 1992

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COVER; Aloysius Minangton, a Bougainvillean environmentalist, held captive by the PNG defence force troops in 1989. Minangton, who was researching the effects of Bougainville Copper Ltd, later died while still in captivity. Official cause of his death was pneumonia.